Faculty of Mathematics, Physics
and Informatics
Comenius University Bratislava

Publications

Recent publications (since 2020)

Books

1.      Povinec, P.P., Hirose, K., Aoyama, M., Tateda, Y. Fukushima Accident: 10 Years After, Elsevier, New York, 2021, 560p. https://www.elsevier.com/books/fukushima-accident/povinec/978-0-12-824496-8 

Book chapters 

1.      Hong G.H., Povinec P.P.: The Oceans – Formation and Global Climate Change. Encyclopedia on Nuclear Energy, Elsevier, New York, p. 485-504, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819725-7.00089-1

2.      Hong G.H., Povinec P.P.: The Oceans - Implications of Manmade Radiation. Encyclopedia on Nuclear Energy, Elsevier, New York, p. 505-519, 2021.   https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819725-7.00143-4

3.      Povinec P.P., Hirose K.: Radionuclides as Tracers of Ocean Currents. In: Meyers R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, (2020), doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_289-3.

4.      Ješkovský M., J. Kaizer, I. Kontul’, G. Lujaniene, M. Mullerova, P. P. Povinec:  Analysis of environmental radionuclides. In: Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis, Ed. M. Annunziata, Academic Press, New York, 4th Edition, Vol. 2, 138-261 (2020).

5.      Povinec P.P., M. Eriksson, J. Scholten, M. Betti: Marine Radioactivity Analysis. In: Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis, Ed. M. Annunziata, Academic Press, New York, 4th Edition, Vol. 2, 316-392 (2020).

SCI journals 

1.      P.P. Povinec, Papadopoulos V.P., Krokos G., Abualnaja Y., Pavlidou A., Kontuľ I., Kaizer J., Cherkinsky A., Molnár A., Molnár M., Palcsu L., Al Ghamdi A.S., Anber H.A., Al Othman A.S., Hoteir I. Tritium and radiocarbon in the water column of the Red Sea. J. Environ. Radioact. 256 (2023)107051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107051

2.      J Kaizer, I Kontuľ, PP Povinec. Impact of the Fukushima Accident on 3H and 14C Environmental Levels: A Review of Ten Years of Investigations. Molecules 28 (2023) 2548. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28062548

3.      E Celi, M. Ješkovský, M. Laubenstein, S. S. Nagorny, V. V. Nahorna, S. Nisi, L. Pagnanini, P. Povinec, P. Wang. New limit on 94Zr double beta decay to the 1st excited state of 94Mo. Eur. Phys. J. C 83 (2023) 396. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11516-9.

4.      KP Brabcová, P Kundrát, T Krofta, V Suchý, M Petrová, N Pravdíková, D. John, P. Kozlovcec, K. Kotková, A. Fialová, J. Válek, I. Svetlik, P.P. Povinec. Radiocarbon Dating of Mortar Charcoals from Medieval RÝZMBURK Castle, Northwestern Bohemia. Radiocarbon 65 (2023) 275-283.

5.      CRESST Collaboration – G. Angloher, ..R. Breier,...M. Ješkovský...P. Povinec, .... Towards an automated data cleaning with deep learning in CRESST. Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2023) 138:100 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-03674-2

6.      CRESST Collaboration -  G. Angloher,.. R. Breier,...M. Ješkovský...., P. Povinec et al.: Secular equilibrium assessment in a CaWO4 target crystal from the dark matter experiment CRESST using Bayesian likelihood normalisation. Applied Radiation and Isotopes 194 (2023) 110670

7.      A.J. King, ,…, P.P. Povinec,...I. Sýkora, et al.: The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system. Science Advances 8 (46) (2022) eabq3925. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3925

8.      A.J. King, L. Daly, J. Rowe, K.H. Joy,…, P.P. Povinec,   I. Sýkora, et al.: The Winchcombe meteorite – Supplementary material. Science Advances 8 (46) (2022) eabq3925, Supplementary material.

9.      K. Hirose, P.P. Povinec: Ten years of investigations of Fukushima radionuclides in the environment: A review on process studies in environmental compartments. J. Environ. Radioact. 251-252 (2022) 106929. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106929

10.    K. Hirose, P.P. Povinec: Temporal variability of plutonium in surface waters of the Sea of Japan. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 248, 106890, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106890

11.    M. Baginova, P. Vojtyla, P.P. Povinec: The effect of neutrons on the background of HPGe detectors operating deep underground. Astroparticle Physics 143 (2022) 102756https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2022.102756

12.    J. Kaizer, M. Aoyama, M. Bujdoš, R. Buompane, J. Pánik, P.P. Povinec, I. Sýkora, Y. Tateda, F. Terrasi: Sequential scavenging and measurement of seawater radiocesium concentrations and Pu isotopic ratios offshore Fukushima. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 251- 252, 106983, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106983 

13.    J. Kaizer, M. Ješkovský, J. Kvasniak, J. Zeman, J. Pánik, P. P. Povinec: Elemental composition of organic and non‐organic foods determined by PIXE. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 331, 1249–1259.2022. DOI:10.1007/s10967-022-08188-2

14.    I. Kontuľ, P.P. Povinec, M. Richtáriková, I. Svetlik, A. Šivo: Tree rings as archives of atmospheric pollution by fossil carbon dioxide in Bratislava. Radiocarbon 64, 1577–1585, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2022.95

15.    M. Ješkovský, J. Kaizer, I. Kontuľ, J. Kvasniak, J. Pánik, J. Zeman, P.P. Povinec: Recent developments in IBA analysis at CENTA, BratislavaEurop. Phys. J. WC 261 (2022) 01002.

16.    G. Lujanienė, B. Šilobritienė, D. Tracevičienė, S. Šemčuk, V. Romanenko, G. Garnaga-Budrė, J. Kaizer, P. P. Povinec: Distribution of 241Am and Pu isotopes in the Curonian Lagoon and the south- eastern Baltic Sea seawater, suspended particles, sediments and biota. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 249 (2022) 106892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106892

17.    M. Kopáni, J. Pánik, B. Filová, M. Bujdoš, J. Misek, M. Kohan, J. Jakus, P. Povinec: PIXE analysis of iron in rabbit cerebellum after exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Bratisl. Med. J. 123 (2022) 864-871. doi: 10.4149/BLL_2022_138.

18.    K. Pachnerová Brabcová, T. Krofta, V. Valásek, V. Suchý, P. Kundrát, P. Simek, P. Kozlovcev, K. Kotková, A. Fialová, P. P. Povinec, J. Válek, I. Svetlík: Radiocarbon dating of charcoal of charcoals from historical mortars from Týrov and Pysolec castles. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 198 (2022) 681 686, https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncac119

19.    K. Pachnerová Brabcová, P. Kundrát, M. Petrová, T. Krofty, V. Valásek, V. Suchý, D. John, P. Kozlovcev, K. Kotková, A. Fialová, J. Válek, I. Svetlik, P.P. Povinec: Charcoals as indicators of historical mortar age of medieval Czech castle Pysolec. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 528 (2022)8-14.

20.    CRESST Collaboration -  G. Angloher,.. R. Breier,...M. Ješkovský...., P. Povinec et al.: Testing spin-dependent dark matter interactions with lithium aluminate targets in CRESST-III . PHYSICAL REVIEW D 106, 092008 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.092008

21.    CRESST Collaboration -  G. Angloher,.. R. Breier,...M. Ješkovský...., P. Povinec et al.: Probing spin-dependent dark matter interactions with 6Li. Eur. Phys. J. C (2022) 82:207 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10140-3.

22.    P. Adari, A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. Amidei, G. Angloher,… R. Breier,...M. Ješkovský..., P. Povinec et al.: EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra. SciPost Phys. Proc. 9 (2022) 001.

23.    R. Breier, A. Fuss, H. Kluck, V. Mokina, V. Palušová, P. Povinec:  Influence of Geant4 physics list on simulation accuracy and performance. SciPostPhys Proc. 10 (2022)007.

24.    P.P. Povinec, A. Cherkinsky, J. Dorica, I. Hajdas, A.J. T. Jull, I. Kontuľ, M. Molnár, I. Svetlik, E.M. Wild. Radiocarbon dating of st. George’s rotunda in Nitrianska Blatnica (Slovakia): International consortium results. Radiocarbon 63, 953–976, 2021.

25.    L.Benedik, A.M. Pilar, H.Prosen, R.Jaćimovič, P. Povinec: Determination of ultra-trace levels of uranium and thorium in electrolytic copper using radiochemical neutron activation analysis. Appl. Rad. Isotopes 175 (2021)10980.

26.    SuperNEMO Collaboration - Arnold, R.,... Povinec, P..... Search for periodic modulations of the rate of double-β decay of 100Mo in the NEMO-3 detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW C 104, L061601 (2021).

27.    Sýkora I., Povinec P.P.:  Natural and anthropogenic radionuclides on aerosols in Bratislava air.  Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2020) DOI:10.1007/s10967-020-07219-0.

28.    Povinec P.P., Kontuľ I., Lee S.-H., Sýkora I., Kaizer J., Richtáriková M.: Radiocarbon and 137Cs dating of wines. J. Environ. Radioact. 217(2020)106205.

29.    Povinec P.P., Sýkora I., Ferrière L., Koeberl C.: Analyses of radionuclides in the Oued Awlitis 001 and Galb Inal lunar meteorites by HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2020) 324:349–357 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07034-7

30.   Povinec P.P.,  Sýkora I., Macke R.J., Tóth J., Porubčan V.: Radionuclides in Chassigny and Nakhla meteorites of Mars origin: Implications for their pre-atmospheric sizes and cosmic-ray exposure ages. Planet. Space Sci. (2020104914.

31.   Bonin M., Lariviere D., Povinec P.P.: Detection of radium at the attogram per gram level in copper by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry after cation-exchange chromatography. Analytical Methods 12(2020)2272 - 2278. 

32.   Arnold R.,…Povinec et al.: Search for the double-beta decay of 82Se to the excited states of 82Kr with NEMO-3Nucl. Phys. A 996(2020)121701.

33.   Hirose K., Povinec P.P.: 90Sr and 137Cs as tracers of oceanic eddies in the sea of Japan/East sea. J. Environ. Radioact. 216(2020)106179.

34.   Kaizer J., Kumamoto Y., Molnár M., Palcsu L., Povinec P.P.: Temporal changes in tritium and radiocarbon concentrations in the western North Pacific Ocean (1993–2012). J. Environ. Radioact. 214-218(2020)

35.   Kluck H., ...., R. Breier, ...., M. Jeskovsky, .... V. Palušová, ... P. Povinec, ... J. Zeman: Latest results of CRESST-III’s search for sub-GeV/c2 dark matter. Journal of Physics: Conf. Ser.1468 (2020) 012038, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012038.

36.   Kontuľ I. Ivo Svetlik, P.P. Povinec, K. Pachnerová Brabcová, M. Molnár: Radiocarbon in tree rings from a clean air region in Slovakia. J. Environ. Radioact. 218(2020)106221.

37.   Mas J.L., Martín J., Pham M.P., Chamizo E., Miquel J.C., Osvath I., Povinec P.P., Eriksson M., Villa Alfageme M.: Analysis of a major Aeolian dust input event and its impact on element fluxes and inventories at the DYFAMED site (Northwestern Mediterranean). Marine Chem. (2020)103792.

38.   Mietelski J.W., Povinec P.P.: Environmental radioactivity aspects of recent nuclear accidents associated with undeclared nuclear activities and suggestion for new monitoring strategies. J. Environ. Radioact. 214-215(2020)106151.

39.   Palušová V., R. Breier, E. Chauveau, F. Piquemal, P.P. Povinec: Natural radionuclides as background sources in the Modane underground laboratory. J. Environ. Radioact. 216(2020)106185.

40.   Pham, M.K., E. Chamizo, M. Lopéz-Lora, J. Martín, I. Osvath, P.P. Povinec:  Impact of Saharan dust events on radionuclides in the atmosphere, seawater, and sediments of the northwest Mediterranean Sea. J. Environ. Radioact. 214-215(2020)106157.

41.   Schulz T, Povinec PP, Ferrière L, Jull AJT, Kovacik A, Sykora I, Tusch J, Munker C, Topa D, Koeberl C. Meteorit Planet Sci. 1-18(2020)https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13435.

42.   Kontuľ I., Kaizer J., Ješkovský M., Steier P., Povinec P.P:  Radiocarbon analysis of carbonaceous aerosols in Bratislava, Slovakia. J. Environ. Radioact. 218(2020)106221.

43.   Rakhimov A.V.,…Breier R.,…Kaizer J.,…Palušová V., Povinec P. et al. Development of methods for the preparation of radiopure 82Se sources for the SuperNEMO neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment. Radiochim. Acta 108(2020)87–97 .

44.   Mancuso M., ..., R. Breier, ... Jeskovsky, ... V. Palušová, ... P. Povinec, ... J. Zeman: Searches for Light Dark Matter with the CRESST-III Experiment. J. Low Temp. Phys (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-020-02343-3.

45.   Bertoldo E., A.H. Abdelhameed, ..., R. Breier, ..., M. Jeskovsky,  J. Kaizer, ... V. Palušová, .... P. Povinec, ... J. Zeman: Lithium-Containing Crystals for Light Dark Matter Search Experiments. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 199(2020)510–518 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-019-02287-3.

46.   Abdelhameed, A.H., , R. Breier, M. Jeskovsky, , J. Kaizer, ..., V. Palušová, ..., P. Povinec, ... J. Zeman: Cryogenic characterization of a LiAlO 2 crystal and new results on spin-dependent dark matter interactions with ordinary matter: CRESST Collaboration. European Physical Journal C Eur. Phys. J. C (2020) 80:834 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8329-4.

 

All publications can be found in the list of the CENTA publications.